And now back to Libya, in case people have forgotten about Libya. the article points out the problems of transition even in a popular uprising which retains its popularity

Islamists, regime diehards mar Libya’s transition

TRIPOLI — A wave of attacks in Libya in recent weeks has fuelled fears that radical Islamists are gaining influence, analysts say, as authorities worry that ex-regime diehards are seeking to derail the upcoming elections.

The brief seizure of Tripoli International Airport this week and an attack on the US mission in Benghazi highlight some of the security challenges facing the country ahead of the election of a constituent assembly.

The vote will be Libya’s first in almost half a century as the country’s transitional rulers seek to steer it towards democracy after more than four decades of dictatorship under Muammar Qadhafi, toppled and slain last year.. . .

Security services have informed the interior ministry that supporters of the former regime are plotting to disrupt the vote to elect a constituent assembly that will appoint a committee to draft a new constitution.

“We have received reports of this nature. We are well aware that there are people who do not want the elections to take place,” said Ibrahim Sharkassia, a senior interior ministry official.. . .

Similar fears of sabotage were also aired when Libya marked the first anniversary of the start of the popular uprising that toppled Qadhafi’s regime that passed off without a hitch.

Staging safe elections, however, is far more complex than celebrations.

The NTC is also tackling periodic flare-ups of tribal violence, mostly in border areas linked to smuggling routes, deadly tensions rooted in differences of allegiance in the war and calls for autonomy in the oil-rich east.

'Pregnant women miscarrying due to mistreatment, detainees mainly from sub-Saharan Africa denied adequate food and water. Small cells crammed with 80-100 detainees subjected to arbitrary justice by Libya’s volatile militias, politically persecuted Somalis forcibly repatriated to Mogadishu, and hundreds of boat people dying trying to flee Libya for a better life in Europe.Such are the conditions of Libya’s approximately 80,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) post the revolution. The refugees comprise Libyans ethnically cleansed from towns and cities due to their perceived support for former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, and those who have fled the continued fighting between rival militias across the country.'